Kogi Monarch Kidnapped Abductors Demands 30 Million Ransom

A first-class traditional ruler of Eganyi in Ajaokuta Local Government Area Kogi State, Mohammed Adembe has been kidnapped and by unknown gunmen along Okene-Adogo road, Tuesday evening. The kidnapping, which was one out of many in recent times, occurred barely three days after the kidnap of the Managing Director of AZECO Pharmaceutical company, AbdulAzeez Obajimoh, at Ozuwaya in the Okene area of the state.

JUST IN: Kidnapped Emir Of Kajuru Regains Freedom

The Kidnapped Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, has regained his freedom from his captors on Monday. Thirteen other persons abducted from the monarch’s private residence including his daughter, however, remain in captivity. Ibrahim Inuwa Kajuru, a former chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists in Kaduna, confirmed the monarch’s release. It is unclear if any ransom was paid but the bandits earlier demanded N200 million for the release of the 85-year-old monarch. A source close to the family of the Emir said he is in good health and will be taken to the hospital for medical examination.

Police Rescue 1 Kidnapped Bethel School Student, Two Others In Kaduna

The Police Command in Kaduna state on Tuesday said its operatives rescued three kidnapped victims, including one of the students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Kujama, Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige confirmed the apparently exciting development in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. According to Jalige, the command’s mission to rescue all kidnap victims through intelligence-led policing and rigorous patrol had yielded results with the rescue of the three on Monday. “On July 12, at about 1540hrs, operatives of the command, alongside Civilian JTF on routine rescue patrol around the forest of Tsohon Gaya village, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State, stumbled on three kidnapped victims roaming the bush, extremely exhausted and weak,” he disclosed.

Gunmen Invade Palace, Kidnap Emir of Kaduna, Alongside 12 Others

The Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, and 12 others members of his family have been kidnapped by armed bandits in Kaduna State at his residence early hours of Sunday. The Kaduna State Police Command's PRO, ASP Mohammed Jalige revealed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Sunday that the incident happened in the early hours of the day.